Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the south to a Shipwright, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 4'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: Caeldrim is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bethrynna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in a small desert village. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Interpreter who has hired him part-time. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Bolg was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local priest

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports chestnut long hair. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 sp. Azurite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tattered old clothes. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.